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When the World Stopped Turning
Sophie knows hospitals better than most.
At eight years old, she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukaemia. Years later, she's come full circle, working as a qualified children's nurse on the very ward where she once fought for her life. Every day, she cares for children facing battles she understands all too well, determined to give them the hope that was once given to her.
Life is finally falling into place. She's doing the job she's always dreamed of, surrounded by colleagues who have become family, and sharing a future with her boyfriend, Harry Styles, despite the challenges of his Together Together Tour keeping him on the road.
But when a routine shift ends with her collapsing into the Emergency Department at the hospital where she works, the life she's built begins to unravel.
Blood tests reveal the unthinkable.
The acute myeloid leukaemia she thought she'd left behind has returned.
As Sophie swaps her nurse's uniform for a hospital gown, she's forced to face the one role she never wanted again: patient. While her protective brother, Knox, refuses to leave her side and Harry races home after receiving the phone call that changes everything, Sophie must find the strength to fight the disease a second time.
Heartbreaking yet hopeful, When the World Stopped Turning is a story about courage, family, and finding light in the darkest moments. It explores what happens when the person who has always cared for everyone else must learn to accept care herself-and how love can endure even when the future is uncertain.